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FishyFred

2011-12-13 09:02:20 PM

I have to look at this one from the casino's point of view: If he really didn't win, then he shouldn't get the money. This isn't The Price Is Right. This is farking $57 million. And don't many casinos have their largest jackpots insured so that they aren't the ones who have to pay when someone hits them? Now you're up against a casino AND an insurance company. This guy has no chance.

/$100 + a meal is still a crap offer
//I'd at least want my entire stay comped and definitely more than $100 cash

Mentat

2011-12-13 09:05:07 PM

$100 and free all-you-can-eat buffet? FARK YES!

Bunnyhat

2011-12-13 09:11:41 PM

That last sentence where the casino said they don't have to pay because there is a law against a slot machine giving more then 2 millions is bullshiat.

So they claim they don't have to pay because they were breaking the law? Seriously?

Fine, they don't have to pay the $57 million. But they better be fined a few million for false advertising on their slow machine.

Mugato

2011-12-13 09:16:44 PM

They're generous. Back in the day he'd be in a hole in the desert.

kcoombs69

2011-12-13 09:20:14 PM

FishyFred: I have to look at this one from the casino's point of view: If he really didn't win, then he shouldn't get the money.

This is pretty much the whole story. Obviously something got through regulatory testing that shouldn't have.

Bunnyhat: So they claim they don't have to pay because they were breaking the law? Seriously?

Maybe not because they were breaking the law, but because most,, if not all casinos have a policy written in plain english on every machine that states something to the effect of "Malfunction voids all pays and plays."

1. What's the highest payout in the paytable of the machine? If it is less than $57 million then there's a malfunction. The play, and thus pay is void.

Kimothy

2011-12-13 09:21:49 PM

FishyFred: And don't many casinos have their largest jackpots insured so that they aren't the ones who have to pay when someone hits them? Now you're up against a casino AND an insurance company. This guy has no chance.

They don't use insurance companies. In general, large jackpots like that are split among several properties (for example, the multi-million dollar games are split among all the casinos in Vegas). The company that makes the jackpot slot machine monitors the jackpot across all the properties (because they have several different owners/corporations/groups) and designates the amount each property "owes" toward the jackpot based on the amount of play on the machines located at each property. In exchange, the manufacturer gets a cut of what is taken in every month/year on that particular machine at each property.

It sounds a bit more complicated than it is, now that everything can be monitored across the net.

//The more you know.

jaylectricity

2011-12-13 09:27:54 PM

If you're in the business of luck, and your luck is bad, it's just business.

The company is gambling that their computers are NOT going to give away too much money. In this case, they bet wrong.

Oh, what's that you say? It's not actually a matter of chance as to how much money gets taken in and how much gets paid out?

Oh, well that seems fair.

FishyFred

2011-12-13 09:34:39 PM

jaylectricity: Oh, what's that you say? It's not actually a matter of chance as to how much money gets taken in and how much gets paid out?

Oh, well that seems fair.

The slots are computerized. What did you think was going on?

When you sit down at a slot machine, you are gambling that you will sit down during a period of time when the machine is going to pay out more than it takes back. Some people like that. There are worse ways to lose $20 burning a hole in your pocket.

Not to mention that many casinos bring you free drinks while you play. They know they'll get it back in the end.

Marcus Aurelius

2011-12-13 09:39:23 PM

The best way to not get robbed by casinos is to stay the hell away from casinos.

Dufus

2011-12-13 09:43:17 PM

kcoombs69: FishyFred: I have to look at this one from the casino's point of view: If he really didn't win, then he shouldn't get the money.

This is pretty much the whole story. Obviously something got through regulatory testing that shouldn't have.

Bunnyhat: So they claim they don't have to pay because they were breaking the law? Seriously?

Maybe not because they were breaking the law, but because most,, if not all casinos have a policy written in plain english on every machine that states something to the effect of "Malfunction voids all pays and plays."

1. What's the highest payout in the paytable of the machine? If it is less than $57 million then there's a malfunction. The play, and thus pay is void.

It was a Swiss man playing in an Austrian casino. I'm not sure that there was a sign in English

cretinbob

2011-12-13 09:50:22 PM

I'd think 4 of 5 is still worth more than $100, I don't give a shiat how good the buffet is.

jaylectricity

2011-12-13 09:50:39 PM

FishyFred: jaylectricity: Oh, what's that you say? It's not actually a matter of chance as to how much money gets taken in and how much gets paid out?

Oh, well that seems fair.

The slots are computerized. What did you think was going on?

When you sit down at a slot machine, you are gambling that you will sit down during a period of time when the machine is going to pay out more than it takes back. Some people like that. There are worse ways to lose $20 burning a hole in your pocket.

Not to mention that many casinos bring you free drinks while you play. They know they'll get it back in the end.

Oh really? Is that how it goes? Wow, yeah, I'm just totally a moron.

Note this part of my post: Oh, what's that you say? It's not actually a matter of chance as to how much money gets taken in and how much gets paid out?

Oh wait, that's the part you quoted. Well then I don't know what the hell your excuse is, then.

Meatzilla

2011-12-13 10:09:45 PM

Heap big Chief LoLwut`thahey approves

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stuffy

2011-12-13 11:22:48 PM

There machine there software. Pay the man.

BurnShrike

2011-12-13 11:23:33 PM

stuffy: There machine there software. Pay the man.

Where?

some_beer_drinker

2011-12-13 11:24:39 PM

stuffy: There machine there software. Pay the man.

lol, wut?

jake_lex

2011-12-13 11:24:59 PM

All right, I'm gonna give you a choice. You can either have the money and the hammer or you can have a buffet ticket. You can't have both. What do you want?

seek3r

2011-12-13 11:26:59 PM

Mentat: $100 and free all-you-can-eat buffet? FARK YES!

30 years later... They said all you can eat, it's the principle of the thing

/obscure?

steppenwolf

2011-12-13 11:27:19 PM

Meatzilla: .

Heap big Chief LoLwut`thahey approves

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That article said rape twice.

Flappyhead

2011-12-13 11:28:35 PM

BurnShrike: stuffy: There machine there software. Pay the man.

Where?

There.

UsikFark

2011-12-13 11:29:50 PM

BurnShrike: stuffy: There machine there software. Pay the man.

Where?

There machine. I see you very lucky, very lucky today. Big lucky success ejaculates much money on your family, fun time! Very good! Half-price dolla special drinks, all night!

Omnivorous

2011-12-13 11:30:48 PM

So they claim they don't have to pay because they were breaking the law? Seriously?

Mitt Romney would have a solution to this: the casino payout wasn't in the Constitution.

/Slavery FTW

Barakku

2011-12-13 11:31:32 PM

Flappyhead: BurnShrike: stuffy: There machine there software. Pay the man.

Where?

There.

Their's some confusion here.

dr_blasto

2011-12-13 11:31:55 PM

BurnShrike: stuffy: There machine there software. Pay the man.

Where?

Here. There. Everywhere!

BurnShrike

2011-12-13 11:32:08 PM

Flappyhead: BurnShrike: stuffy: There machine there software. Pay the man.

Where?

~~There~~ Their.

FTFY

Bermuda59

2011-12-13 11:33:29 PM

The Native American casinos do that all the time out here (San Diego). When someone hits a big jackpot they claim "error" and refuse to pay out. I can't understand why anyone would go to one of them.

Fubini

2011-12-13 11:33:34 PM

On the one hand: if the machine really did malfunction, then the guy shouldn't get paid. It sucks, but happens.

On the other hand: it's the casino's responsibility to maintain their own machines. If people were sitting at this machine playing it all night (or all week, who knows?) I really doubt they're going to make an effort to track down all those people and refund their plays. Why should a machine malfunction automatically be in the house's favor? Could this set a precedent where all large jackpots could be declared to be malfunctions? Isn't the point of insurance to cover accidental loss, such as when arising from malfunctioning machinery?

My feeling is that unless it's very clearly and demonstrably broken the casino should have to pay out.

Gyrfalcon

2011-12-13 11:33:54 PM

Dufus: kcoombs69: FishyFred: I have to look at this one from the casino's point of view: If he really didn't win, then he shouldn't get the money.

This is pretty much the whole story. Obviously something got through regulatory testing that shouldn't have.

Bunnyhat: So they claim they don't have to pay because they were breaking the law? Seriously?

Maybe not because they were breaking the law, but because most,, if not all casinos have a policy written in plain english on every machine that states something to the effect of "Malfunction voids all pays and plays."

1. What's the highest payout in the paytable of the machine? If it is less than $57 million then there's a malfunction. The play, and thus pay is void.

It was a Swiss man playing in an Austrian casino. I'm not sure that there was a sign in English

Boy, your handle sure suits you.

SevenizGud

2011-12-13 11:34:50 PM

kcoombs69: FishyFred: I have to look at this one from the casino's point of view: If he really didn't win, then he shouldn't get the money.

This is pretty much the whole story. Obviously something got through regulatory testing that shouldn't have.

Bunnyhat: So they claim they don't have to pay because they were breaking the law? Seriously?

Maybe not because they were breaking the law, but because most,, if not all casinos have a policy written in plain english on every machine that states something to the effect of "Malfunction voids all pays and plays."

1. What's the highest payout in the paytable of the machine? If it is less than $57 million then there's a malfunction. The play, and thus pay is void.

And thus every losing play on that machine, and all like it at the casino which did NOT win are similarly malfunctions, and those monies should be refunded to the players.

My prediction: some judge will fine the casino 28 million, which will get reduced on appeal to 14 million, all of which will go, in the end, to attorneys.

ArcadianRefugee

2011-12-13 11:35:09 PM

Merlaku got only four of the slot machine's five required matches, but a winning bell went off and a flashing screen told him he had won the big jackpot

If the jackpot is for 5 of 5, and you only get 4 of 5, you didn't get the jackpot no matter what a bell or buzzer indicates, jackhole.

cryinoutloud

2011-12-13 11:35:55 PM

You can't win $57 million on a farking slot machine. If I saw that, I'd just say, Noooo Waaaaayyyyyy. Even in a foreign country, I would know this. And I'd be right.

ArcadianRefugee

2011-12-13 11:36:45 PM

ArcadianRefugee: If the jackpot is for 5 of 5, and you only get 4 of 5, you didn't get the jackpot no matter what a bell or buzzer indicates, jackhole.

In other words:

Cataholic

2011-12-13 11:36:49 PM

BurnShrike: Flappyhead: BurnShrike: stuffy: There machine there software. Pay the man.

Where?

There Their.

FTFY

Pet peave, rotsky?

Kraftwerk Orange

2011-12-13 11:37:10 PM

worthlessjuan

2011-12-13 11:37:42 PM

Sorry folks, you can't trust anything digital, especially gambling, gas pumps, pictures and voting machines. We have made our bed . . . . hard to sleep.

The code writers are some pretty sharp peeps and don't get paid well enough so for a little green they might, just MIGHT, write some obscure code that is called or something that just efs you royally. Like Office Space, unexpected results and panic or expected results found out or PROFIT!!

digitalpirate

2011-12-13 11:38:33 PM

I worked at a casino in Michigan for 5 years and can't figure out why anyone would consider playing slot machines entertainment. Why don't they just spend it on drugs instead?

Gyrfalcon

2011-12-13 11:38:48 PM

BurnShrike: stuffy: There machine there software. Pay the man.

Where?

There machine. There castle.

apoptotic

2011-12-13 11:38:57 PM

Bunnyhat: That last sentence where the casino said they don't have to pay because there is a law against a slot machine giving more then 2 millions is bullshiat.

So they claim they don't have to pay because they were breaking the law? Seriously?

Fine, they don't have to pay the $57 million. But they better be fined a few million for false advertising on their slow machine.

He got 4 of 5 numbers, and the machine lit up like a Christmas tree anyway. If the normal maximum payout is 2mil Euros, maybe they should have to give him (or at least a charity of his choice) 4/5 of the legal maximum payout, 1.6 million Euros.

kevinatilusa

2011-12-13 11:39:02 PM

My guess is the paytable said something like "You get 5 matches, you win millions" instead of "lights start flashing, you win millions".

Not 5 matches? You didn't win.

thisisyourbrainonFark

2011-12-13 11:39:36 PM

Mentat: $100 and free all-you-can-eat buffet? FARK YES!

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kevinatilusa

2011-12-13 11:39:37 PM

apoptotic: Bunnyhat: That last sentence where the casino said they don't have to pay because there is a law against a slot machine giving more then 2 millions is bullshiat.

So they claim they don't have to pay because they were breaking the law? Seriously?

Fine, they don't have to pay the $57 million. But they better be fined a few million for false advertising on their slow machine.

He got 4 of 5 numbers, and the machine lit up like a Christmas tree anyway. If the normal maximum payout is 2mil Euros, maybe they should have to give him (or at least a charity of his choice) 4/5 of the legal maximum payout, 1.6 million Euros.

And if I match one out of 6 powerball numbers, I get 1/6 the jackpot?

UsikFark

2011-12-13 11:39:42 PM

cryinoutloud: You can't win $57 million on a farking slot machine. If I saw that, I'd just say, Noooo Waaaaayyyyyy. Even in a foreign country, I would know this. And I'd be right.

Maybe it was 57 million $1 coupons for Kwik Wash, limit one per customer per week, offer non-transferable and void where prohibited.

whither_apophis

2011-12-13 11:42:02 PM

Meatzilla: .

Heap big Chief LoLwut`thahey approves

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That's Crazy Talk!

Kahabut

2011-12-13 11:42:09 PM

It's utterly amazing to me the appeal of gambling. It is, in simple terms this arrangement. Casino: We will entertain you with fantasies of winning, but the games are all rigged SHHHH!

Why that appeals to some people, I will never understand.

Excuse me, I have to get back to the poker tables.

Fano

2011-12-13 11:42:35 PM

Luckey, luckey me!

whither_apophis

2011-12-13 11:43:05 PM

Gyrfalcon: BurnShrike: stuffy: There machine there software. Pay the man.

Where?

There machine. There castle.

Where wolf?

BurnShrike

2011-12-13 11:43:08 PM

Casinos are like the lottery. Both are a tax on people too stupid to understand mathematical odds.

Sticky Hands

2011-12-13 11:43:32 PM

kvinesknows

2011-12-13 11:45:02 PM

Sticky Hands: cryinoutloud: You can't win $57 million on a farking slot machine. If I saw that, I'd just say, Noooo Waaaaayyyyyy. Even in a foreign country, I would know this. And I'd be right.

[static.guim.co.uk image 460x276]

thats a lot of bananas

Ianman

2011-12-13 11:45:41 PM

Sounds like someone put the reel strip on wrong.

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